Meaning of boy howdy | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Expresses strong support or agreement.
   idiomatic
2. Expresses emphasis.
   idiomatic

Examples

“Boy howdy. There was indeed no rest for the wicked.”

“I greeted Shannon's request enthusiastically, "Boy, howdy!"”

“"Talk to me, Zaidu. What do you mean?" she asked quietly. "I'm more than a little confused here. I know what's happening in my life." Boy howdy, did she!”

““Boy howdy, are you ever. You're on number four but there's no Doppler shift!"”

“"Boy, howdy! Where do you get that stuff, you rummy?"”

“Boy howdy, boy howdy, boy howdy! I was buried alive in noise, and the heat and cinders stung my neck and legs and the bottoms of my feet.”

“Boy, howdy, is it cold! This is not Paris, as in "gay Paree," in France.”

“l saw her just a standin' there with her little blue suitcase and l said, 'Boy howdy, would l like to crawl into her pants!'”

“If there wasn't a dragging brake beam to rip me down the back, I was go'n make it! Boy howdy, I did some fancy praying.”

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